Thank you for sharing your findings . I find on my K2/10 5 watts is good. On K2/100 and K3 25 watts is good. My KX3 is good at 4 watts , I think it is lower because max power is 10 watts. 73's Gerald On Sep 19, 2013 1:36 PM, "Gerry McGowan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > after carrying out on air tests with several K3-100s I found that a PSK > signal becomes unacceptably wide over about 48 Watts out (indicated on the > K3 meter and/or a power meter). > > 80 Watts out would not get you any friends on a crowded band. > > Similarly, the internal 10 Watt amp starts to spread with PSK at around > 5watts, so with the K3 for PSK best to avoid power over about 50 watts and > between 5 and 12 watts (when the 100W PA kicks in). > > 73 > Gerry M0VAA > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
